Ezekiel Cheever

Ezekiel Cheever was the man appointed by Judge Thomas Danforth to arrest those accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

Biography
Ezekiel Cheever was born in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to a family of Puritans, and he was appointed by Judge Thomas Danforth as a constable during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Cheever was very obedient, and he carried out the court's orders without protest, arresting people that were accused of witchcraft and serving as the court scribe during the trials for the accused witches.